Comments on: Blackberry Storm for Verizon-passed FCC http://www.cellphonesignal.com/blackberry-storm-for-verizon-passed-fcc/ Just another WordPress weblog Sat, 21 Nov 2009 01:12:21 -0800 http://wordpress.org/?v=2.8.5 hourly 1 By: The FCC Approves GSM-Only BlackBerry Storm - Specs, reviews and prices. http://www.cellphonesignal.com/blackberry-storm-for-verizon-passed-fcc/comment-page-1/#comment-1652 The FCC Approves GSM-Only BlackBerry Storm - Specs, reviews and prices. Tue, 04 Nov 2008 02:20:24 +0000 http://www.cellphonesignal.com/?p=753#comment-1652 [...] via Related PostsBlackBerry Storm Coming Exclusively from Vodafone in UKAs rumored before, Vodafone will pick up RIM's BlackBerry Storm and offer it exclusively in the UK. ...A Storm to Hit Best Buy Stores on November 16thThe Storm, the one and only BlackBerry with a touchscreen, is going to arrive in November. That much...Rumored: RIM Working on Storm Successor It looks like RIM isn't going to pause for air although it has designed one of the its best handse...BlackBerry Storm Comes From Verizon WirelessBlackBerry Thunder vs BlackBerry Storm Tags: Blackberry Storm, fcc, GSM, Mobile News, Research In Motion, Verizon, Vodafone « Rumored: AT&T Fuze to Arrive This Week? Navigon presents 2090S GPS System » Sorry, no comments yet. [...] [...] via Related PostsBlackBerry Storm Coming Exclusively from Vodafone in UKAs rumored before, Vodafone will pick up RIM’s BlackBerry Storm and offer it exclusively in the UK. …A Storm to Hit Best Buy Stores on November 16thThe Storm, the one and only BlackBerry with a touchscreen, is going to arrive in November. That much…Rumored: RIM Working on Storm Successor It looks like RIM isn’t going to pause for air although it has designed one of the its best handse…BlackBerry Storm Comes From Verizon WirelessBlackBerry Thunder vs BlackBerry Storm Tags: Blackberry Storm, fcc, GSM, Mobile News, Research In Motion, Verizon, Vodafone « Rumored: AT&T Fuze to Arrive This Week? Navigon presents 2090S GPS System » Sorry, no comments yet. [...]

]]> By: oakie http://www.cellphonesignal.com/blackberry-storm-for-verizon-passed-fcc/comment-page-1/#comment-1551 oakie Mon, 27 Oct 2008 04:59:34 +0000 http://www.cellphonesignal.com/?p=753#comment-1551 the "click-through" feature is kinda cool, but it basically does only one thing: make using a touchscreen device more difficult than it should be. i know RIM is only doing it to retain their crown for having some of the best keyboards one can get on a mobile, but they fail to realize is the feel of the keys, not the clicking, that satisfies their target market. i wish they'd focus on their primary market instead of branching out into the consumer space as my shares in RIM are taking a beating. sorry, but such a closed and secure device cannot survive in the consumer space. they would be smarter to create a more open OS for consumers only and maintain the original OS for business users who need the security. why? for one, it would reduce the added stress on RIM's servers and result in better, faster service for all. second, it will give consumers what they want... the ability to customize the device to their tastes beyond RIM's very narrow requirements for compatibility. i love my blackberry, but because it's a secure platform for instant, multi-level communications. you cant have it both ways. add to the fact that there's a HUGE catalog for blackberry software add-ons but no one single place to find them all. this is why the android market will be so popular as it gives people a single repository for apps that's accessible and robust. the “click-through” feature is kinda cool, but it basically does only one thing: make using a touchscreen device more difficult than it should be. i know RIM is only doing it to retain their crown for having some of the best keyboards one can get on a mobile, but they fail to realize is the feel of the keys, not the clicking, that satisfies their target market.

i wish they’d focus on their primary market instead of branching out into the consumer space as my shares in RIM are taking a beating. sorry, but such a closed and secure device cannot survive in the consumer space. they would be smarter to create a more open OS for consumers only and maintain the original OS for business users who need the security.

why?

for one, it would reduce the added stress on RIM’s servers and result in better, faster service for all. second, it will give consumers what they want… the ability to customize the device to their tastes beyond RIM’s very narrow requirements for compatibility. i love my blackberry, but because it’s a secure platform for instant, multi-level communications. you cant have it both ways. add to the fact that there’s a HUGE catalog for blackberry software add-ons but no one single place to find them all. this is why the android market will be so popular as it gives people a single repository for apps that’s accessible and robust.

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